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VERNON M. DANIELSON, Chairman,
Virginia Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control; WARREN BARRY,
Commissioner, Virginia Department
of Alcoholic Beverage Control;
ESTHER M. VASSAR, Commissioner,
Virginia Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control,
Defendants-Appellants,
and
VIRGINIA WINE WHOLESALERS
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED,
Intervenor-Defendant,
MARTHA BLEVINS BRISSETTE,
Amicus Curiae,
STATE OF MICHIGAN; WINE & SPIRITS
WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA,
INCORPORATED; NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BEVERAGE RETAILERS;
No. 02-1367
BOLICK v. DANIELSON
and
VIRGINIA VINEYARDS ASSOCIATION,
Movant.
BOLICK v. DANIELSON
v.
VERNON M. DANIELSON, Chairman,
Virginia Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control; WARREN BARRY,
Commissioner, Virginia Department
of Alcoholic Beverage Control;
ESTHER M. VASSAR, Commissioner,
Virginia Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control,
Defendants,
and
VIRGINIA WINE WHOLESALERS
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED,
Intervenor-Appellant,
MARTHA BLEVINS BRISSETTE,
Amicus Curiae,
STATE OF MICHIGAN; WINE & SPIRITS
WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA,
INCORPORATED; NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF BEVERAGE RETAILERS;
AMERICAN BEVERAGE LICENSEES;
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS
ASSOCIATION; COALITION OF LICENSED
No. 02-1368
BOLICK v. DANIELSON
and
VIRGINIA VINEYARDS ASSOCIATION,
Movant.
BOLICK v. DANIELSON
COUNSEL
ARGUED: Ernest Gellhorn, LAW OFFICE OF ERNEST GELLHORN, Washington, D.C.; William Eugene Thro, CHRISTOPHER
NEWPORT UNIVERSITY, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellants.
Daniel Roy Ortiz, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF
LAW, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William
H. Hurd, George W. Chabalewski, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; Walter A. Marston,
Jr., REED SMITH, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia; George E. Kostel,
REED SMITH, L.L.P., Falls Church, Virginia, for Appellants. Matthew S. Hale, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellees. Martha Blevins
Brissette, Richmond, Virginia, Amicus Curiae. Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Irene
M. Mead, Assistant Attorney General, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT
OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae
Michigan. Louis R. Cohen, C. Boyden Gray, Scott A. Shepard, WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING, Washington, D.C.; M. Craig Wolf,
WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Wholesalers, et al. James M. Goldberg, GOLDBERG & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.,
for Amici Curiae Beverage Control Association, et al. Mark B.
Rhoads, Dana J. Finberg, MCCANDLISH HOLTON, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Virginia Wineries. William H.
Mellor, Steven M. Simpson, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Swedenburg, et al. Tracy S. Carlin,
FOLEY & LARDNER, Jacksonville, Florida; Kevin M. Fong,
PILLSBURY WINTHROP, L.L.P., San Francisco, California, for
Amici Curiae Winemakers, et al.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
The plaintiffs, two Virginia wine and beer consumers and wineries
based in Texas, California, and Oregon, commenced this action
against officials of the Commonwealth of Virginia, challenging the
constitutionality of Virginias Alcoholic Beverage Control ("ABC")
BOLICK v. DANIELSON
BOLICK v. DANIELSON
Beskind v. Easley, No. 02-1432, ___ F.3d ___ (4th Cir. Apr. 8, 2003),
which we decided recently.
VACATED AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS